#senescence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #senescence, aggregated by home.social.
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#Bacteria #evolved to help neighboring #cells after death, new research reveals.
#nutrients #clonal_colonies #protein #catabolism #bacterio_altruism #Ecoli #senescence
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bacteria-evolved-neighboring-cells-death.html
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By contrast with other species, human survive postreproductive period. Our delayed #senescence could be explained by our social structures in which grandparents remain active to provision offspring. #science #physiology #parentalcare #menopause
📄 Lieberman et al (2021) The active grandparent hypothesis: Physical activity and the evolution of extended human healthspans and lifespans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107621118